October 25, 2026
New Italian Feature Documentary on Exit
After many years in the making, the Italian feature documentary Landscapes of Ending will premiere at the 67th Festival dei Popoli in Florence on 6 November 2026. The Festival dei Popoli is the oldest documentary festival in Italy. Landscapes of Ending is the only Italian documentary amongst the 10 finalists in competition. FILM SYNOPSIS […]
October 24, 2026
Umbria IT Approves Assisted Suicide
The Legislative Assembly of Umbria in Italy has approved a law on medically assisted suicide. The region became the fifth in the country to adopt such a regulation, ANSA English reports. Law introduced through a citizens’ initiative The Legislative Assembly backed a bill submitted as part of a citizens’ initiative. Its title provides for regional […]
October 11, 2026
Christa Pike Discharged from Hospital
Christa Pike has been discharged from a Nashville hospital, her lawyers said on Saturday, 10 days after she survived an attempt at lethal injection, reports Emily Cochrane. She is back at Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center in Nashville, the primary prison for women in Tennessee, her lawyers said. As of Thursday, Ms. Pike had been […]
October 4, 2026
When Nembutal Fails – Free Zoom Webinar with Philip Nitschke
On Saturday 10 October @ 22.00 (CEST), Philip Nitschke will host a free, open Zoom Webinar on the topic of ‘When Nembutal Fails – How Death Row Damages the Right to Die Movement’. Register Now on Zoom Dr Nitschke will highlight his personal experience with administering IV pentobarbital under Australia’s Rights of the Terminally Ill […]
October 3, 2026
On a Ventilator & Unconscious after Nembutal Fails
Christa Pike survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her via lethal injection on Wednesday, but her medical and legal future remain remarkably unclear. Pike is intubated, on a ventilator, and remains unconscious in a Nashville-area hospital, her attorneys said in a court filing Friday. Pike is receiving lifesaving care after being injected with two ostensibly fatal […]
September 27, 2026
Canberra ’26 Conference Report
On 21-22 September, we gathered in Canberra Australia to remember the day, 30 years ago, when Darwin man Bob Dent became the first person in the world to receive a legal, lethal, voluntary injection. Marshall Perron’s Rights of the Terminally Ill Act was the law that made this possible. Suffering from advanced prostate cancer, Bob […]
September 22, 2026
Two Year Anniversary of First Use of Sarco
On 23 September 2024, the 3D-printed Sarco was used for the first time in a beautiful Swiss forest. The device was used by a seriously ill American woman. She died quickly and peacefully. The woman paid no fee to use the Sarco. At the current time, the Schaffhausen prosecutor continues his investigation, trying to ascertain […]
September 21, 2026
30 Years since World’s First Legal, Lethal, Voluntary Injection
This week on 22 September marks 30 Years since Bob Dent became the first person in the world to receive a legal, lethal, voluntary injection. Bob’s death on 22 September 1996 was enabled thanks to the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act of the Northern Territory. This law lasted 9 months before the Federal Parliament […]
